Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Graphic Novel Reporter's "2010 Core Graphic Novels List" includes Ghost World, Safe Area Gorazde, and You'll Never Know; the "Expanded List" includes Abstract Comics, The Complete Peanuts , I Killed Adolf Hitler, It Was the War of the Trenches, Love and Rockets, Pim and Francie, Pogo, The Squirrel Machine, West Coast Blues, and You Are There • Review: "Many books have been written about World War I, but few can truly worm their way into your head like Jacques Tardi’s It Was the War of the Trenches. … The tales here are devastating and…
Meat Cake Monday continues: free bonus downloads!
To celebrate the launch of the new improved Meat Cake collection we've got some free downloadable treats for Dame Darcy fans! First up, a smashing desktop wallpaper based on the title pages from the book. Just click on the size that matches your monitor resolution and the image will open in a new window; if you're on a PC, right-click the image and select "Set As Background"; if you're on a Mac, control+click and select "Set As Desktop Background." More wallpapers… 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768 | 1152 x 864 | 1280 x 960 | 1280 x 800…
Tim Hensley at GR2 on Sunday, May 30!
Book signing at GR2! Wally Gropius book signing with Tim Hensley Sunday, May 30, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 445-9276 Giant Robot is proud to host a reception and book signing with Tim Hensley to celebrate the release of his new graphic novel, Wally Gropius. "One of my favorite 'graphic novels'' of all time. Hilarious and utterly unique, Wally Gropius is a work of unassuming genius that rewards on ever-deepening levels with each rereading." – Daniel Clowes
Meat Cake by Dame Darcy – Previews, Pre-Order
Meat Cakeby Dame Darcy 240-page black & white/duotone 7" x 10.25" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-346-0 Ships in: June 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now For a limited time, receive a FREE issue of the Meat Cake comic when you order the collection! Choose from issues 14, 16 or 17 (15 is sold out) when placing your order. COLLECTING THE BEST STORIES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF MEAT CAKE COMICS Dame Darcy is one of the most beguiling presences on the comics scene — musician, actress, cable TV star, fortune teller, dollmaker, and last but not least, cartoonist to the…
Weekend Webcomics: 5/16/10
Your weekly batch of online strips! Somebody's not getting rubbed the right way in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …Tintin gets one-upped in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… …and Sasha has bully trouble in this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.
Jim Woodring – Weathercraft art show at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn
An exhibit of original pages from Jim Woodring's Weathercraft (as seen above in our office last August) will open at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn on June 18, 2010, with an opening reception 6-9 PM. Jim will be in attendance — mark your calendars! This is one of several NYC appearances for Jim, about which we'll be announcing full details in the near future. Don't forget, those of us on the opposite coast will be treated to Jim's Weathercraft slideshow presentation at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this coming Saturday.
Kim Deitch silkscreen for Desert Island
Limited quantities of Kim Deitch's silkscreen print for his appearance at Desert Island are now available for purchase in the Desert Island Internet Web Shoppe. 3 colors, UFOs, spiralling eyeballs, only 30 bucks!
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – May 16, 2010
Rejected New Yorker cartoons by Mome contributor Derek Van Gieson, added weekly. Visit Derek’s website for more of his work, and look for his accepted strips and illustrations in the pages of the New Yorker. {mosimage}
Things to see: 5/14/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Rare unfinished Peanuts art by Charles M. Schulz (via The Comics Reporter) • Another hair-rock thingy from Renee French
Daily OCD: 5/14/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "I read this volume over two nights, and it spoiled both evenings in the best way. It is grotesque and nihilistic, punctuated by moments of thrashing violence. … Attempts at humor are only steeped in gallows. … There is a pulse drumming in [King of the Flies Vol. 1:] Hallorave. By the time the second volume arrives in November (just in time for the holidays, kids!), it might very well morph into a low buzzing." – Alex Carr, Omnivoracious (Amazon) • Links: Love & Maggie brings us another "Monster-Sized" Love and Rockets link roundup,…
